218 General Notes. [March, 
ANTHROPOLOGICAL News.—The question is frequently asked, 
How does anthropology fare in the catastrophe which destroyed 
the three surveys of Hayden, Wheeler and Powell? It is the 
purpose of this brief note to answer this question. In the same 
bill in which provision was made for the establishment of the 
new survey under Clarence King, an appropriation was granted 
for continuing the ethnographic work, and this resulted in 
the organization of what is known as the Bureau of Ethnology, 
and Major J. W. Powell was put in command of the corps. . 
This Bureau is now engaged with the aid of skilled collaborators 
in the following work: 1. Preparing a history of Indian affairs, 
including an atlas of treaty cessions, exhibiting by graphic 
signs and descriptive text, the manner and time of the yielding 
up of our territory by the aborigines. 2. Carrying on an exhaus-. 
tive investigation concerning the languages of the North Ameri- 
can Indians, including a series of grammars and dictionaries and a 
bibliography. At present it is found convenient to group them 
into the following linguistic stocks: Adaize, Achomawi, Aleut, 
Algonkin, Alikwa (Yurok), Ara (Karok), Atakapa, Atimoke 
(Timucua), Billekula, Bribri, Caddo, Cheroki, Chetimacha, Chia- 
panec, Chimariko, Chimseyan, Chinuk, Coahuiltec, Coiba (Cueva), 
Dakota (including Catawba), Galibi, Haida, Hailt suk, Huave 
(Wabi), Inuit, Iroquois, Kalapuya, Kera Pueblo, Kaiowa, Kusa, 
Kutené, Maidu, Maklaks ( Klamath), Maskoki, Maya (Mixe), Mut- 
rae Apa ors Numa, Nutka (or Bowatchat), Otomi, Pani, Pirinda, 
Rio Grande Pueblo, Sahaptin, Sasti, Sayuskla, Selish, 
‘Sea “Pakilma (Kalapuya), Tarasco, Tene (including Santa Bar- 
‘bara and San Antonio), Terraba, Thlinkit, Tinné, Tonkawe, Ulua 
(Maya), Washo, Wayiletpu, ‘Wichita, Wintaen Wishosk, Xaloa 
(Nicaragua), Yakona, Yokuts, Yaki, Yuma, Yutchi, Zapotec, Zuñi. 
3. A collection of a complete synonymy of North American In- 
dians as material for an encyclopedia or Sonne dictionary of 
every tribe known to have lived on our contin 4. An investiga- 
tion into the sign language, by Colonel Garrick n. 5. Anac- 
count of savage mythology or philosphy, under the special direc- 
ition of Major Powell. 6. The study of the arts and industries of all 
our tribes. During the past summer a party Seapets of Mr. 
James Stevenson, “Mr. Frank Cushing and Mr. J. Hillers were 
dispatched to the Pueblos, with instructions to leave no object, 
sketch, or’ custom that would be valuable to the ethnologist. 
Mr. Stevenson had charge of the collection, Mr. Hillers of the 
‘photography, and Mr. Cushing of the “ceremonial part of the 
work. The first two gentlemen have already returned laden with 
four car loads of the finest specimens of aboriginal art ever brought 
‘together. Mr. Cushing, who has succeeded in ingratiating him- 
self with the Pueblo people, will remain over the winter. e 
enumeration of a few of the objects in this superb collection will 
give some idea of its rare value. F rom Zuñi: pottery, whole and 
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